Zehut Party Leader Demands Election Results Freeze Amid Shin Bet Probe
Translated & summarized from JDN by baba
Moshe Feiglin, chairman of the Zehut Party, has demanded that the Central Elections Committee freeze the results of the 26th Knesset elections due to an ongoing Shin Bet investigation into potential foreign interference and threats to state sovereignty. Feiglin cited evidence of threats against election officials and questioned instructions that allegedly compromised polling station oversight. He warned that confirmed vote tampering could require a full election cancellation and new, tightly secured elections.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Zehut Party leader Moshe Feiglin requested a freeze on election results pending a Shin Bet investigation.
- Feiglin cited evidence of threats against election officials and compromised polling station oversight.
- The Shin Bet is investigating suspected threats to state sovereignty and foreign interference.
- Feiglin warned that confirmed vote tampering could lead to a full election cancellation.
- New elections would require strict security and supervision, Feiglin stated.
Moshe Feiglin, chairman of the Zehut Party, has sent an urgent letter to Noam Sohlberg, chairman of the Central Elections Committee and Supreme Court Justice, demanding an immediate halt to the publication and confirmation of the final results for the 26th Knesset elections. Feiglin argued that while the Shin Bet security agency is conducting an intensive investigation into suspected threats to state sovereignty and foreign interference, the committee has a duty to freeze the current situation and avoid establishing faits accomplis before the investigation concludes.
Feiglin's letter details a collection of evidence gathered by his party's election integrity headquarters, which he claims indicates real threats and fear of lynchings against supervisors and polling station secretaries at various locations. He also called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding instructions issued by the committee's director-general on election day to prevent congestion. Feiglin alleges these instructions led to the abandonment of strict identification checks and compromised oversight at polling stations.
Feiglin stated that if suspicions of vote tampering are confirmed, it would necessitate not just the disqualification of specific polling stations but a complete cancellation of the elections. He called for new, expedited elections to be held under strict security and supervision by defense forces.
